Performing in the Heart of Cheshire.
Image credit Gerhard Richter At another of our Friday night specials, Davenham is proud to welcome the well known, accomplished jazz vocalist and pianist Ian Shaw . Ian is a multi-award winner with accolades from the BBC Jazz Awards 2007 and 2004 the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2018, plus nominations from the Jazz FM Awards 2013 […]
'Artwork by Carolyn Hall Young' The Joni Mitchell - Blue 50th Anniversary Concert 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Joni’s breakthrough album Blue, which featured such iconic songs as A Case Of You, River, Carey and of course the title track. With that in mind, material from Blue will be prominently featured in this year’s […]
On Friday March 24th Sabado NFP welcomes the Vera van Heeringen Trio to Davenham Players Theatre - Vera has visited Davenham once previously when she and Neil McSweeney played for us in the September of 2013. It's unusual to find someone who's as good a songwriter as an instrumentalist. Vera van Heeringen is that person. […]
Described by the Guardian as: A Wayne Shorter-like commitment to narrative composition… There is no shortage of fine soloists… immaculate taste… soul and lyricism Jamil Sheriff has been a stand out member of the UK Jazz scene for over 20 years and has a reputation for pulling together exceptional bands. Five Gold Rings brings the […]
GAZ HUGHES QUARTET Local drummer and band leader Gaz Hughes brings his quartet to Davenham on Thursday 27th April. As a sideman Gaz has performed with an impressive array of artists both in the UK and internationally. An extremely tasteful and swinging straight ahead drummer, he exhibits a no-nonsense approach to his playing. The lineup […]
L`Esprit de Jazz Karen Street started playing the accordion when she was seven. On completion of her studies she moved to London and began a busy freelance career encompassing classical, contemporary and jazz music. Jazz credits include Mike Westbrook, Tim Garland, Phil Robson, Martin Taylor`s `Spirit of Django`, Tina May, Nikki Iles and Stan Sulzman. […]
Both artists are making their Davenham Players Theatre debut Paul McClure A master of the intimate setting, his dry wit and engaging personality allied to some great songs are making him a significant player on the UK roots scene." - Jeremy Searle, Greenbird Promotions/Americana UK/R2 Since giving up his teaching job to follow his dreams […]
Making a welcome return to Davenham, South African born Philip Clouts brings his quartet playing original compositions from his latest CD `Umoya`. On this album, Clouts’ African inspirations extend beyond Cape jazz to pan-European folksong, soul-jazz and even drum ‘n’ bass. Clouts was born in Cape Town and the music of his homeland has stayed […]
The ‘Celebrating Oscar’ Quartet is a new quartet playing inventive arrangements of Oscar Peterson’s original compositions together with music that he was associated with. Dean Stockdale is a highly regarded jazz pianist, arranger and composer based in the North of England. He is known for his sensitive, swinging style and regularly appears around the UK […]
Following on from a couple of visits to the Northwich area in 2022 and a more recent tour of mainland Spain - a return for Ivan Campo alongside Greg Oldfield to the area - bringing their fantastic tunes alongside the Worlds greatest drum kit; best to check out youtube to determine what musical box they […]
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NICOLA FARNON TRIO Widely recognised as one of the classiest Jazz and Swing singers and/or double bassists in the UK, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nicola Farnon has a remarkable musical pedigree, both parents being professional classical musicians and her great uncle no less than the late Robert Farnon. Originally raised classically on the cello and the […]
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